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| Will | Nov 29 2017, 10:49 PM Post #1 |
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| Will | Jan 3 2018, 10:20 AM Post #11 |
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Centre government convenes new Joint Committee for Agricultural Development July 2018 ![]() The Indian Council of Agricultural Research will help to coordinate many new initiatives New Delhi | July 2018 | The centre government has convened a new body, the Joint Committee for Agricultural Development. This committee is comprised of representatives of the states and the centre government’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, including the authority on agricultural programs, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. This meeting comes on the heels of the centre government’s failure to effectively enact the Indian River Inter-Link project. The water project attempt was widely criticized as unrealistically top-down in its approach and far too one-size-fits-all in its goals. The centre government has since backed down from the initiative and is working to develop a more well rounded approach. The meeting of representatives of the states and centre government specifically for this purpose is the first tangible step in a new direction. The conference has discussed the creation of a larger agricultural industrialization initiative, co-funded by states, the centre government, and private partnerships. This initiative will look to improve, in addition to irrigation, usage of modern farm machinery, modern seeds and fertilizer, proper cold storage of harvests, and general education in modern agriculture. As with the funding, the organization of the project will be done in conjunction with all affected entities. The committee will also discuss the coordination of the centre’s recent road infrastructure scheme with agricultural initiatives. Proper transportation for grown goods has long been a choke point for agricultural growth in India, and the large amount of loans and grants provided by the centre government to address such issues has been very well received by the states. |
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| Will | Jan 17 2018, 01:25 PM Post #12 |
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Modi Government begins drafting bill to create 'FLACZ', new form of SEZ November 2018 ![]() Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram (left) of the Congress has also attacked centre's economic policies. New Delhi | November 2018 | Prime Minister Modi announced the BJP's intent to pursue the creation of a new form of Special Economic Zone during a speech on new economic initiatives delivered earlier today. He noted that the Centre government had directly invested large amounts of money in recent initiatives to drive economic growth, and that the Centre would soon be pursing new structural changes to economic policy. The new Special Economic Zones, dubbed Free Labor Association and Contract Zones (FLACZ), will lighten labor laws and reduce Foreign Direct Investment limits even more so than other recent reforms. The FLACZ are largely considered to be a response to frequent criticisms by the Congress in regards to the pace of BJP reforms. According to a BJP spokesperson "The Congress has often criticized this government for the speed of its reforms. In the interest of the people of India, new labor law reforms will be implemented in a restricted area to prevent any problems from affecting the entire Indian economy. Unlike the Congress, the BJP is willing to listen to the opposition". The government is rumored to have floated large-scale labor law reforms, but owing to uncertainty about the ability of the BJP to marshal the votes for such an initiative at this time, this was abandoned in favor of continued state level reforms and isolated reforms in the form of FLACZ. Some political analysts point to these rumors as the purpose of the FLACZ, and dismiss any idea of the BJP listening to the Congress as a talking point. The Congress was quick to react against the announcement, and has convened a gathering of the leaders of most of the nations powerful labor unions, unions which together claim membership of nearly 100 million people. While this accounts for less than a tenth of the nation's population, it is a formidable voting bloc. The Congress is expected to fight all attempts to change labor law with all the resources they can muster, but PM Modi has countered this threat, saying he is ready for it. "These labor reforms are what India needs to move into a new league economically. They can be successfully implemented. There are some people who sleep well only after they spread a feeling of pessimism. We need to recognise such people," said PM Modi. He asserted that "The current laws do not help the workers, they help the fortunate few who have good jobs already. Their adverse effect on growth hampers the creation of new jobs for those who don't already have them." adding the government wishes to focus on structural reforms rather than giving doles to win praise. |
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